Improvement in nail-hammers



EPHRAIM S. MoRToN, or PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 103,914, datecl June 7, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN N AIL-HAMMERSS The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent-and making part of the same www To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM S. MoRToN, of Plymouth, iu the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Nail-Hammers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in nail-hammers,and consists in a slot formed at the base of the claws, and at about.right angles therewith, by means of which a nail may be held iu M thehammer and startedy inthe wood with one hand,

thus rendering the hammer very convenient in driving nailsin placeswhere but one hand can be used.

In the accompanying drawing`- v Figure l represents a'side View of thehammer, with one claw broken away, to show the slotfor the head of thenail and the position of the nail, the latter being seen in dottedlines.

Figure 2 is a view of the inner side of the hammer, showing the outerend of the slot at the base of the claws.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A B represent the claws of the hammer.

C is the slot, which is somewhat tapering in form,

extending inward at the base or butt of the claws, in

a direction about at right angles therewith, and about parallel with thehandle D. The slot C extends inward fai' enough to receive the headofthe nail, and, being tapering in one or both directions, the head issupported by the slot, and the nail is supported'by the angle or slitbetween the claws, as seen in iig. 1. By this improvement, a nail may bestarted in the woodaud driven in situations where both ofthe hands ofthe operator cannot` be used.

I do not, broadly, claim au improvement ou allant mer for this purpose,as I am aware that itis not new; but I am not aware that the improvementhas ever. been made in this cheap and e'ective manner. Theslot C addsbut a trifle to the cost of the harnlmer, and allows the nail to bestarted in any place I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPateut- Y,

A nal-hammer, provided with a slot, O, formed at the base of the claw,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

E. S. MORTON.

Witnesses AUGUSTUS Romeins, ELLIS BAR-NES.

